February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch

Microsoft announced at its partner conference on July 10 that it will launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 together in a single launch on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.

Microsoft announced at its partner conference on July 10 that it will launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 together in a single launch on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.

Microsoft recently released a private Community Technology Preview release of SQL Server 2008, code-named "Katmai." Earlier this year, Microsoft said to expect SQL Server 2008 to be released to manufacturing some time in 2008. (It's not clear whether Microsoft will release to manufacturing the final SQL Server 2008 bits before the big February launch party.)